It was the homeowner’s request that the fireplace be placed in the wine tasting room. The homeowner wanted to have the ability to warm the room temporarily to a comfortable temperature for occasional dinners a few times a year. Otherwise, the room is kept cool to protect the wine. Additionally, this building is detached from the main house, so the fireplace maintains the temperature above freezing when necessary in the winter months.
My initial reaction was , but then I thought about it some more and decided that if the temperature in the cellar was only warmed up for a couple of hours, the wine in the bottles probably wouldn’t have a chance to really change in temperature much. So this might not be as horrific as it sounds. What do you guys think?
It’s an utterly inefficient way to provide heat for that room anyway. When going all out, owner should have put wine beyond glass doors and then had temperature he wants.
If those stones are all real, they should provide some thermal mass for keeping the wines at a more even temperature. It takes a long time to heat up a rock.
I guess I’ll be the negative Nancy… a lot of those cellars have some very beautiful components taken individually, but together they almost all look way too gaudy for me.
Totally agree. I passed it along to our architects because they are less than internet savvy. They nearly passed out with the visual content and then the drill down to other pictures and information floored them. Have been passing along to friends who are thinking of remodeling existing or rehabilitating old homes.
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, but then I thought about it some more and decided that if the temperature in the cellar was only warmed up for a couple of hours, the wine in the bottles probably wouldn’t have a chance to really change in temperature much. So this might not be as horrific as it sounds. What do you guys think?